GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 133, 14 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

LEAD FOR GOLD. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received September 13, 8.30 p.m. New York, September 13. Gold dust valued at 7000 dollar was mysteriously stolen from the g;. imer Humboldt, en route to Seattle r'rom Fairbanks. Pig lead was substituted. FATAL FALL OF ROCK. Received September 13, 8.30 p.m. New York, September 13. Twelve were killed by a fall of rock at the Eerie railway cutting, Jersey City, and ten injured. CANADIAN LABOR PARTY. * Received September 13, 8.30 p.m. Ottawa, September 13. The Labor Congress at Fort William will discuss the formation of a Canadian Labor Party. PAUPERS AND THE WORKHOUSE. London, September 12. Great reluctance is being shown by aged paupers in the London workhouses to accept pensions on January 1. They prefer the workhouse. LATE MR. HOLMAN HUNT. London, September 12. Lord Tennyson, Messrs. Cha/rles Booth, William Rossetti, Arthur Hughes and others carried Mr. Holman Hunt's ashes in a marble urn on a bier covered with bay leaves. The ashes were deposited in the painters' corner at St. Paul's Cathedral. THE EXHIBITION FIRE. London, September 12. It is officially announced that the British Government, from motives of friendliness, will not claim damages for loss by fire at the Brussels Exhibition. EXPLOSION AT GAS WORKS. London, September 12. Seven persons were severely bunted by an explosion at Huddersfield Gas Works.